subject line tagging

[Christophe Massiot]

Sam,

At 15:06 +0200 2/09/2002, Samuel Hocevar wrote :

>  > Of course if I want to filter the Subject line on "[VLC]" I can
>>  do that as well. If I want. Or use Ctrl-Shift-F and search VLC in
>>  Subject. If I want.
>
>    I understand your requirements and I agree that if you don't want to
>use additional tools and you also don't want to use extra mail folders,
>then your only chance is subject tagging. But think about other people
>who probably don't use the same tools as you. For instance, my display
>is 80 character wide; having a tag like [libdvdcss-devel] eats a third
>of the space allocated for the subject in the thread window. They really
>are a visual annoyance to me.

Having a [vlc] tag in front of the subject doesn't disturb much the 
viewing. I think you're a little excessive about the disturbance it 
causes you ; besides, in 9 cases out of 10, people do not even put an 
explicit topic in the subject line. And anyway, I know you'll read 
all messages, whatever subject line they have.

So I wonder, why not help a few people who do not want to sort their 
messages, and add tags ? Your attitude only upsets people. Personally 
I don't care, but I think the [libdvdcss-devel] argument isn't one : 
this mailing-list definitely has a naming problem, and most videolan 
projects do not need a user and a devel mailing-list.

So instead of trolling other developers with their mailing habits, 
you'd better think about why we have so many mailing-lists, and why 
90 % of the posts are directed to the wrong mailing-list.

I second Bill on that matter.

-- 
Christophe Massiot.
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